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How your support helps

Early diagnosis is vital in the fight to beat cancer. We're supporting research to help more people survive and raising awareness of the signs and symptoms. Finding cancer early makes it more treatable and could save your life. 

Use the map to

  • find out how aware people are in your region of the symptoms of cancer
  • find out how many people delay seeing a doctor about a symptom because they are worried
  • find out about the research projects you are helping to fund

Read 'Delay kills', our report on diagnosing cancer early (PDF, 677KB). Learn more about the signs and symptoms of cancer.

Cancer awareness in your region

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Best Worst
Symptom awareness
Worried to see doctor Not coughing aware

In Yorkshire & the Humber

We asked 200 people about cancer signs and symptoms:
86% x in every ten of people in every ten people surveyed cannot name 3 or more symptoms of cancer
86% x in every ten of people in every ten people surveyed delay seeing a doctor about a symptom because they are worried
86% x in every ten of people in every ten people surveyed don't know that a cough lasting more than 3 weeks can be a symptom of cancer

To spot more cancers early,
Tesco supports two projects in Yorkshire & the Humber 

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Data from the Cancer Awareness Measure,ONS opinions surveySurvey conducted by Ipsos Mori. Search powered by OpenStreetMap.org